Australia's newest F1 driver, Jack Doohan, has his debut brought forward by three months, with the son of a motorcycle legend racing in this weekend's season finale.

Jack Doohan is poised to replace Esteban Ocon at Alpine for the Formula One Abu Dhabi season finale after talks this weekend in Qatar. Alpine announced in August that Doohan, its reserve driver, would step up to a full-time seat for 2025 and replace Ocon,

Jack Doohan will make his Formula 1 debut earlier than expected. The 21-year-old will officially drive for Alpine at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in place of Esteban Ocon. Alpine have confirmed that the move to drop Ocon will allow the Frenchman to participate in post-season testing with his new team,